35 Bible Verses about persevering

And waiting gives experience; and experience, hope:

And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;

Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.

Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,

And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,

For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.

Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Go on in these things; for in doing so you will get salvation for yourself and for those who give hearing to you.

But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.

So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,

By going through all these things, you will keep your lives.

There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

And may your hearts be guided by the Lord into the love of God and quiet waiting for Christ.

Only, as far as we have got, let us be guided by the same rule.

For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,

Full of strength in the measure of the great power of his glory, so that you may undergo all troubles with joy;

Now may the God who gives comfort and strength in waiting make you of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus:

But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;

With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,

Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.

Truly the signs of an Apostle were done among you in quiet strength, with wonders and acts of power.

And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.

And you have the power of waiting, and have undergone trouble because of my name, without weariness.

Here is the quiet strength of the saints, who keep the orders of God, and the faith of Jesus.

We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.

And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.

Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;

But he who goes through to the end will get salvation.

I, John, your brother, who have a part with you in the trouble and the kingdom and the quiet strength of Jesus, was in the island which is named Patmos, for the word of God and the witness of Jesus.

Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.

Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.

But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.